2013 Event Engineers working off of Italy's Tuscan coast pull the MS Costa Concordia cruise ship upright after it ran aground in early 2012 2010 Event Somali pirates seize a German-owned tanker, MS Marida Marguerite, off the coast of Somalia 1996 Event Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear 1996 Event Parlisha Williams (Louisiana) crowned Ms Black USA Metroplex 1995 Event Keelin Curnuck, 23, Ms Venus Swimwear 1994, crowned Miss New York USA 1995 Event Addison Vance, 18, of Hickory NC, crowned 7th Ms Venus Swimwear 1991 Event Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0 1991 Event Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0 1990 Event Ms. Magazine hits newstands again after an 8 month hiatus 1988 Event Microsoft releases MS DOS 4.0 1974 Death Patrick MS Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948), dies at 76 1972 Event WMAO TV channel 23 in Greenwood, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event Ms. magazine begins publishing 1972 Event WMAV TV channel 18 in Oxford, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Birthday Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA 1996 /Ms Venus Swimwear, 1994 1972 Event WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Birthday Jay Powell, Meridian MS, pitcher for the Florida Marlins 1971 Birthday Matthew Lawton, Gulfport MS, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins 1971 Event WTZH TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (CBS) suspends broadcasting 1970 Event WAPT TV channel 16 in Jackson, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WMAA TV channel 29 in Jackson, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WHTV (now WTZH) TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (NBC/CBS) 1st broadcast 1965 Birthday Karla Nelson, Pine City, Minnesota, Ms America 1993 1965 Birthday Charlie Hayes, Hattisburg MS, 3rd baseman, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees 1964 Birthday Ellis Burks, Vicksburg MS, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies 1963 Birthday Debbie Kruck, Danbury CT, Ms Fitness USA, 1994 1962 Event WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Birthday Dave Clark, Tupelo MS, outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates 1962 Birthday Lydia Cheng, New York City, Ms Big Apple bodybuilder, 1982, Pumping Iron 2 1962 Birthday Lenda Murray, born in Detroit, Michigan, body builder, 4X Ms Olympia 1960 Birthday Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Greenwood Ms, 200m/400m runner, Olympics gold 84 1960 Birthday Valerie Bertinelli, 1 Day at a Time, Sydney, Ms. Eddie Van Halen 1960 Birthday Cory Everson, Racine Wisconsin, body builder, 6X Ms Olympia 1959 Event WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast 1957 Event WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins 1956 Event WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WDAM TV channel 7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Birthday Mitch Addock, born in Macon MS, Nike golfer, 1992 BC Open-11th 1954 Birthday Jere Burns, Cambridge MS, actor, Something So Right, Kirk-Dear John 1953 Event WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting 1950 Birthday Catlin Adams, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Ms Loomis-Square Pegs 1946 Birthday Joe Correro, Greenwood Ms, rock drummer, Paul Revers and The Raiders 1946 Birthday Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver, LA, New Engl 1944 Birthday Eugenia Zukerman, Cambridge Ms, flutist/novelist, Deceptive Cadence 1944 Birthday Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist, Just Good Ol' Boys 1943 Event Carl Scheib becomes youngest pitcher in AL (16y 8 ms) of the A's 1941 Birthday Mary Alice, Indianola MS, newscaster, CBS, Lettie-Different World 1940 Birthday Robert Walker, Jr., New York City, actor, Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver 1939 Birthday Mary Ann Mobley, Biloxi Ms, Miss America-1959/actress, Diff'rent Strokes 1935 Birthday Gloria Steinem, Toledo Ohio, femnist/author, Ms 1934 Birthday Gloria Steinem, born in Toledo, Ohio, feminist/publisher, Ms. Magazine 1933 Birthday Lee Quencey Calhoun, Laurel MS, 110m hurdler, Gold Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics 1931 Birthday George Chambers, MS, rock bassist/vocalist, Chambers Brothers 1914 Birthday Ray Walston, Laurel MS, actor, My Favorite Martian 1910 Birthday Fran Lee, New York City, actress, Ms Wong-Major Dell Conway 1864 Event Battle of Egypt Station, MS 1863 Event Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA 1862 Event Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou) 1862 Event Battle of Holly Spring, MS 1862 Event Naval Engagement at Yazoo River, MS (USS CAIRO torpedoed) 1862 Event Battle of Coffeeville, MS 1862 Event Battle of Hooly Spring, MS 1862 Event Battle of Holly Spring, MS 1862 Event Battle of Big Hatchie River, MS 1862 Event Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition 1862 Event Battle of Holly Spring, MS 1862 Death Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] 1862 Death Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 1861 Event MS troops take Ft. Massachusetts an Ship Island 1860 Event Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages
